Arabinose vs. Arabinan — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Arabinose and Arabinan
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Arabinose
Arabinose is an aldopentose – a monosaccharide containing five carbon atoms, and including an aldehyde (CHO) functional group. For biosynthetic reasons, most saccharides are almost always more abundant in nature as the "D"-form, or structurally analogous to D-glyceraldehyde.
Arabinan
(carbohydrate) A polysaccharide that is mostly a polymer of arabinose
Arabinose
A pentose sugar, C5H10O5, obtained from plant polysaccharides such as gums and hemicelluloses.
Arabinose
(carbohydrate) An aldopentose that occurs most often in polysaccharides such as hemicellulose and pectin.
Arabinose
A sugar of the composition C5H10O5, obtained from cherry gum by boiling it with dilute sulphuric acid.
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